Both of these categories carry similar evidentiary requirements in that the foreign national must display that they are an individual of extraordinary ability within their field by satisfying the statutory criteria set forth and for EB-1 purposes, satisfying an overall ‘final merits determination’. However – one of the first challenges that applicants and their attorneys […]Read More >
Our clients, a brother and sister, both Italian citizens, recently purchased an existing business (pizzeria) in the U.S. as their investment for their E-2 visa applications. The brother and sister each contributed less than $20,000 cash from their personal funds in Italy towards the purchase price, as well as signed a promissory note for less […]Read More >
As part of the Obama administration’s efforts to attract high-skilled workers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to propose extending the availability of employment authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of principal H-1B nonimmigrants. The extension would be limited to H-4 dependent spouses of principal H-1B nonimmigrants who are seeking lawful permanent resident status […]Read More >
In an email sent to stakeholders on May 2, 2014, USCIS announced that it has completed its data entry for all of the Fiscal Year 2015 H-1B cap petitions selected under the lottery process. USCIS will now start to return the petitions that were not selected in the lottery.Read More >
USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2015 cap on April 28, 2014. This will include H-1B petitions seeking an exemption from the fiscal year cap for individuals who have earned a U.S. master’s degree or higher. USCIS first announced that premium processing for H-1B cap cases would begin […]Read More >
